Editor's note: This article was updated at 4:12 p.m. with information from the Worcester District Attorney's office.

A Georgia man has been arrested in the 1974 stabbing death of Shrewsbury woman Eileen Ferro.

Fox 25 in Boston first reported the arrest of Lonzo Guthrie, 69, of Austell, GA.

Guthrie was arrested Tuesday night after his DNA was matched to evidence from the 40-year-old crime scene, Worcester County District Attorney spokesman Tim Connolly said.

Massachusetts State Police troopers assigned to the district attorney's office traveled to Georgia to speak to Guthrie, and he was arrested by Georgia authorities, Connolly said.

Ferro was 21 years old when she was killed, on Feb. 22, 1974. Her husband, Anthony Ferro, found her dead body in the utility room of the couple's home on Ladyslipper Drive, according to a 2008 Telegram & Gazette story on the then-cold case.

Ferro was a dental hygienist who grew up in Worcester, according to the Telegram story. Officials believed she was slashed repeatedly with a sharp heavy object, possibly a hatchet.

In 2008, Connolly told the Telegram, detectives were actively working the case. Ferro's sister, Nancy M. Donnelly of North Brookfield, told the paper she hoped new forensic technology could help solve the case.

Guthrie appeared in court Wednesday and refused to waive right to fight extradition to Massachusetts, Connolly said. He is being held without bail.

If Guthrie refuses to waive extradition, Massachusetts authorities will have to obtain a warrant from Gov. Deval Patrick, asking Georgia to turn him over, Connolly said.